Leaders of the east metro school district apologized Thursday for a massive, accidental release of information on some 9,000 students in an email attachment sent to the parents of most district students.(image)

Donna Harris survived the gas explosion that killed two staffers and leveled a building at the private Christian school. "We're trusting God will show us the beauty we know can come out of this," she tells MPR News.(image)

Sex is such an inextricable part of pop music, it's easy to overlook, but NPR Music critic Ann Powers rectifies that in her new book, a portrait of America's obsession with sex as it manifests in pop.(image)

In an interview with USA Today, she said her ex "made me feel like I wasn't as good or as relevant as these hipster bands he listened to. So I made a song that I knew would absolutely drive him crazy."(image)

Only catch-and-release was allowed this summer, and even that was banned for more than a month. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says its a necessary step to protect the walleye population.(image)